Former DOD senior planner and intelligence planner Felix Chang provides here (thanks to Paul) an evaluation of the performance of Russian forces in the recent invasion of Georgia. The action showed 'the Russian military's renewed ability to to prosecute a relatively complex, high-intensity combined arms operation.' The army, air force and navy all performed better than during the 1990s. It looks as if the days of horribly bungled operations in Chechnya are in the past.
As Chang notes, 'the evidently high state of readiness of such a broad array of Russian units across all three services raises more questions about Moscow's intentions and planning prior to the outbreak of hostilities.' Well, yes.
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